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  Catching up (Part 4)

  January 2021 to April 2021 The novelty of digital entertainment by now very much worn off but, fortunately, there were plenty of other worthwhile distractions (the return of birdwatching after four decades perhaps the most surprising) for the Tourist to mask the lack of live cultural stimulation. (And travel, which…

  November 10, 2021
• Acting Age Culture London Performance Theatre Time

  all of it at the Royal Court Theatre review *****

  all of it Royal Court Theatre, 11th February 2020 So we will have to wait for Alistair McDowall’s latest full length play The Glow at the Royal Court, postponed thanks to you know what. Mr McDowall was the pen, and brains, behind dystopian/sci-fi/mystery/thriller/social satires Brilliant Adventures, Talk Show, Captain Amazing,…

  May 27, 2020
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  Beckett Trilogy at the Jermyn Street Theatre review ****(and some other at-home Beckett stuff)

  Beckett Trilogy: Krapp’s Last Tape, Eh Joe, The Old Tune Jermyn Street Theatre, 4th February 2020 Fragments: Beckett by Brook – Rough for Theatre I, Rockaby, Act Without Words II, Neither , Come and Go – VIMEO, Bouffes du Nord – 26th March 2020 Endgame/Rough for Theatre II – Digital…

  April 21, 2020
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  Snowflake at the Kiln Theatre review ****

  Snowflake Kiln Theatre, 28th December 2019 Lucky family. Never know what Dad is going to serve up as their Christmas theatrical treat(s). And always careful to at least try to conceal their disappointment. Having banked the virtual certain success of Mischief Theatre’s Magic Goes Wrong (of which more to come),…

  February 6, 2020
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  Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House *****

  Death in Venice Royal Opera House, 3rd December 2019 Fresh from the superlative semi-staged version of Peter Grimes from Ed Gardner, the Bergen PO and assorted chums and straight into this. A top drawer new version of Death in Venice from David McVicar. I have fond memories of seeing Deborah…

  January 26, 2020
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  The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Queens Theatre Hornchurch review ****

  The Beauty Queen of Leenane Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 14th November 2019 From one side of London to the other. All on track until the very last gasp, so snuck in a few minutes late to this. A big thanks to the very helpful ushers at this friendly house. TBQOL isn’t…

  December 7, 2019
• Age Culture Family London Relationship Theatre

  Sydney and the Old Girl at the Park Theatre review ***

  Sydney and the Old Girl Park Theatre, 1st November 2019 After the resounding success of Madame Rubinstein at the Park Theatre a couple of years ago it was a pretty easy sell to get BUD, KCK and the SO along to the same venue to see our favourite potty-mouthed, near-octogenarian…

  December 2, 2019